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INVENTOI? 6.7x. &%/a7 By A TTOIHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. HAYDEN, OF SOUTH TI-IOMASTON,-MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF,AMOS ,FISK, AND FREDERICK S. HAYDEN, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,076, dated October7, 1890. Application filed January 28, 1890. Serial No, 338,346. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. HAYDEN, of South Thomast-on, in thecounty of Knox and State of Maine, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Rigging of Vessels, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in the rigging of vessels, andhas for its object to prevent the mast-hoops from clinging to the mastwhen the sail is raised, and to cause all the hoops to sustain an equalstrain, thereby avoiding all danger of tearing the sail.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, which drawing represents a side elevation of a sailfitted to a mast and embodying my improvement.

The sail 10 is fitted with any form of masthoop 11 in the usual way, andupon the fore side of the mast 12, at or near the saddle, one end of arope or chain 13 is made fast, which rope is carried upward and securedto each of the hoops 11, the upperend of the rope being firmly attachedto an eye in the gaff-bail 14, the said bail being preferably providedwith a friction-roller 15, or a shoe bearing against the mast andadapted to assist in elevating the sail. The rope 13 maybe attached tothe mast-hoops in a number of ways. The preferred connection, however,consists in screwing into the mast-hoops screw-eyes and twisting orclamping the ropes in said eyes.

If in practice it is found desirable, two ropes may be employed, inwhich event one is located at each side of the mast and attached toopposite sides of the mast-hoops, the lower ends of the ropes beingsecured to the saddle and the upper ends to the jaws of the gait, or thesingle rope 13 maybe spliced at the upper hoop and the ends secured tothe jaws of the gaff.

The halyards are run in the usual manner, the peak-halyard 19 beingsecured to the peak of the gaff and rove through a block secured to themast and led downward to the deck, the throat-ha] yard 20 being attachedto the throat of the gaff and rove also through a block and carrieddownward to the deck, as illustrated.

By connecting all the mast-hoops in the manner above described they areheld horizontally or at a right angle to the inner edge of the sail, andare prevented from binding against the mast when the sail is elevated,and thereby retarding the upward movement of the sail and endangeringthe safety thereof.

WVhen the two ropes or chains 13 and 16 are employed to connect themast-hoops, the friction roller or shoe may be omitted from thegaff-bail.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a sail, the masthoops, thegaff provided with a bail, and the mast, of a rope or chain attached atone end to the mast and also attached to each of the mast-hoops, theupper end of said rope or chain being attached to the gaff-bail, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a sail, its masthoops and gaff, of a mast, abail attached to the gafi, provided with a friction-roller bearingagainst the mast, and a rope or chain secured at one end to the mast ator near. the saddle and connected with each of the masthoops, the upperend of said rope or chain being secured to the gaff-bail, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES M. HAYDEN.

"Witnesses:

J. W. ORocKER, R. H. BURNHAM.

